circus
Circus can refer to a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals, a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals, or a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment.
Length
6
Scrabble
10
WWF
13
Starts
CI
Ends
CUS
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “CIRCUS” Mean?
/ˈsɜːkəs/
circus has 5 documented senses across noun.
Noun
5 sensesa travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
“he ran away from home to join the circus”
a performance given by a traveling company of acrobats, clowns, and trained animals
“the children always love to go to the circus”
a frenetic disorganized (and often comic) disturbance suggestive of a large public entertainment
“it was so funny it was a circus”
“the whole occasion had a carnival atmosphere”
Synonyms
(antiquity) an open-air stadium for chariot races and gladiatorial games
an arena consisting of an oval or circular area enclosed by tiers of seats and usually covered by a tent
“they used the elephants to help put up the circus”
Synonyms for CIRCUS
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
6
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
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Definition
a travelling company of entertainers; including trained animals
Length
6 letters
Starts With
C
Ends With
S
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Letters
C, I, R, C, U, S
Use Case
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆CIRCUS has a Scrabble score of 10. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆CIRCUS is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆CIRCUS can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 6-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆CIRCUS contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
C
Letter Pattern
ABCADE
CV Pattern
CVCCVC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
CI, IR, RC, CU, US
Trigrams
CIR, IRC, RCU, CUS
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